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This segment actually aired the day before the one that got Mittens in trouble with the Brits. So Williams may have already known he was going to drop a bomb on Romney the next day when the next segment aired.

It was really a great moment because if a “boring white guy” isn’t good enough for the VP slot, what in the hell is one doing reading us the nightly news from a major national network? In fact, isn’t NBC pretty much lily white?

Hmmmm, sounds like someone reads the comments and understands that there weren’t many that agreed with her…

BettyRuth on July 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM | Delete | Delete and Ban

I do read the comments, and I will continue to say he made a mistake when I think he made a mistake and commend him when he deserves it. His Olympics statement was goofy and clumsy, and he could have made the exact same point about security without being goofy and clumsy and enduring an international dust-up. Too bad he didn’t.

What?? A Republican candidate had the temerity to excercise a little verbal ju-jitsu on a Highly Respected news reader? What?!

I’m sure Williams was totally gobsmacked to find that, unlike 4 years ago, the Republican presidential candidate actually has some stones, and will call him on his calculated, biased “gotcha” questions. More, please.

Add a bit of this lighter touch to his slight Olympics critique (which wasn’t inaccurate, just clumsy), and he would have been totally fine.

Nobody cares. Americans certainly aren’t going to care about Romney’s comments concerning the Olympics. I wonder exactly where international Olympic relations rates in people’s importance of political issues. That might be the one thing that even Goreball Warming beats.

Actually, Williams set himself up, trying to get Romney into one of those Sarah Palin situations with Williams saying Romney’s VP list was looking for boring white guys, and Romney’s mastery of repartee showed he has a sense of humor, will not be boxed into one of those do you still beat your wife interviews, and he did it all quite respectfully…a lot more than the MSM has shown him.

If it were Obama…after all the uh’s and more uh’s were removed from the transcript, there’d be nothing…

Well seeing as Brian just found out about Fast and Furious just a few weeks ago, I would say he was way over his head on this interview…I just wish Mitt would stand up, walk around Brian, look perplexed, and than ask Brian…”Where is the string that the Obama campaign pulls?”

Every one of those questions is straight out of the campaign book…and mirror that with the interviews when Obama went over to Europe before his election, not one serious probing question.

Well hopefully, due to all of the overly-dramatic criticism that Romney has received over giving his completely valid and truthful opinion about Olympic security, he will LIE when asked to give his opinion in the future. The last thing that Americans want is a presidential candidate, or a president, who speaks the truth if there is any danger of offending anyone … oh, wait a minute … on second thought, THATS NOT WHAT WE WANT AT ALL!

Keep it up, MK, we need to differentiate ourselves from the left, and be honest in reporting on our candidates.

iurockhead on July 27, 2012 at 11:33 AM

Yes. As much as I don’t like to hear it. We need to be honest about the impact of the candidate’s comments, otherwise, we look as clueless as the left that are desparately trying to spin Obama’s comments.

As predictable as Obama’s LSM kneepad squad’s questions have become, I wouldn’t be surprised if Mitt wasn’t already prepared with this retort even before BW asked it.

Yes, Mitt. More of this. They cannot handle ridicule, or even humor. Reagan was the master of using humor, as in this response during the debates. Even Mondale couldn’t stop himself from laughing out loud. That was a turning point for that election.

I do read the comments, and I will continue to say he made a mistake when I think he made a mistake and commend him when he deserves it. His Olympics statement was goofy and clumsy, and he could have made the exact same point about security without being goofy and clumsy and enduring an international dust-up. Too bad he didn’t.

Mary Katharine Ham on July 27, 2012 at 11:29 AM

I agree, and just hope that nothing happens during the Olympics that would make his goofy and clumsy comments prescient. I’ve got a bad feeling about this years’ contests, which admittedly I had even before learning of the security mishaps.

Yes. As much as I don’t like to hear it. We need to be honest about the impact of the candidate’s comments, otherwise, we look as clueless as the left that are desparately trying to spin Obama’s comments.

earlgrey133 on July 27, 2012 at 11:56 AM

As others have already said, this would really hurt Romney…if the Brits could vote. The only opinion I care less about is the French.
As for stabbing the d*ckhead Williams with the dagger of humor…good on ya, Mitt. It tends to make you less stuffy and more approachable. Please continue to be the anti-McCain.

WHY did Williams HAVE TO BRING RACE into this interview ?? “Boring WHITE guy” – “Like you Mitt” (inference mine)MKH – WHERE is the outrage ?
It was a gotcha trap from Mr. Williams and just because there was no “gaffe” and it was a good chuckle……….

This race baiting bullcrap has got to be called out and put an end to. Trayvon ring a bell Mr. Williams- It these aholes that prevent a color blind society- and they continually place this race baiting game.

This made me more pissed than the commie british mayor taking a shot at Super Mitt.

the only international dust up is in the minds of the liberal media and those they manage to convince with their false outrage. i.e. you

Slade73 on July 27, 2012 at 11:48 AM

And, the Prime Minister of the country he was visiting, who responded to him. That = international, by any measure. They later had a very nice talk, which is more important, as I said on the panel. Get a grip. Sometimes he’s gonna do something that’s not so smart and I’m not gonna pretend it’s brilliant.

@swinia sutki “As others have already said, this would really hurt Romney…if the Brits could vote.”

His Olympics statement was goofy and clumsy, and he could have made the exact same point about security without being goofy and clumsy and enduring an international dust-up. Too bad he didn’t.

Mary Katharine Ham on July 27, 2012 at 11:29 AM

Perhaps it could have been phrased a little better but I really don’t think the delivery of the message is really worth all this hoopla. The whole thing seems more like a *kill the messenger* scenario.